The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-02


cans Of the South unrepresented- By rea-
son Of this usgrpation Of political power
the Democracy enjoys temporary suprem
acy This wrong must go unrighted IN
til Republican supremacy is restored, for
reasons plain enough to gIimmer through
blind mans eve.
PROTECTED ISDU THE
To provide for our own house and those
who are oft, Is the first duty Of Nation,
as well as of an individual Obedient 10
this principle the Republican party has
from the day Of its birth insisted that the
commercial and industrial policies Of the
Republic should be fashioned Il saws
70 the citizen, Invest your capital. build
your mills, factories and forges, put in
your machinery, employ your labor, set
your furnaces glowing, your spindles
whirling and your wheels humming and
the majesty Of the law will protect YOU
from the competition Of the underpaid
laborer of Europe, and enable YOU TO
pay living wages to men of brains as well
as. muscle, and still leave a residuum of
advantage in the market for your goods
The prosperity of American labor lies
in protective tariff, which like faith
full sentinel stands guard over. the forge,
the factory and the field. and secures 10
the american wcrkingman the enjoy
ment Of his rightful heritage IL helps
him TO home for his family. respect for
his wife, and education for his children.
1t increases his intelligence-hi inde-
pendence, his productive power. his self
respect. Ii gives him an incentive to in
dustry. desire for improvement and
makes him man instead Of a machine.
He who would destroy these benefcent
results By the cutting of the dykes which
Republican wisdom has built TO protect
the labor and homes of our toiling mill
ions, and let in the bitter waters Of free
trade to cover the land with desolation,
Is scarcely less deserving of reprobation
than the wretch who pierced the wall
that saved the smiling home Of Holland
FROM the desolati ng sea.
PROTECTED HOMES.
II Is stupendous misconceptiOn, only
possible to Democratic lack Of foresight,
and in which many Of those engaged in
the liquor traffic are too wise and prudent
to share, that suppOses the Democratic
unlicensed liberty and continental
Sundaycan hold an equal encounter with
the Republican party. re eEulated liberty,
and Christian Sabbath When the con-
science Of Pennsylvania Is marshaled in
this arena, the church and the school
house. the forces of the new alliance, IN
holy and unpatriotie, viii make no NOR
al impression upon the resistless tread Of
its march, than sparowis feather on
the sweep Of hurricane.
The power of the saloon Is one which
the social security requires to be subjee-
ted to restraint, and if the intelligence,
patriotism and moral sense Of the com
munity cannot maintain its ascendency;
if the elevating and restraining forces of
society cannot keep the saddle and hold
! the sword of command, ii is easily seen
that the longer we live, the les capable
we will become for the management Of
/ our social machinery, and the more help
I less are we in the grasp OF those titanic
( forces which seek to defy the control and
overthrow the dominion Of law. These
I who comp lain Of the restraint imposed
/ in sise and necessary laws upon the sale
of alcoholic liquor, must not forget that
/ society owes its existence to restraints
/ upon individual freedom. Government
/ promotes our welLbeing in two ways pos
I itively by projecting and negatively by
restraining our liberty.
( Ii seems clear enough for purblind
eve to find II out. that the Liquor
Leagues Of our cities cannot sit regnant
] in the seat in the Commonwealth. The
people are no ready to abdicste the
throne Of their sovereignty-te volunt2-
rily relinquish their right 10 rule, nor
/ will thev suffer il 70 be wrested from
them by violence and the strong hand.
And those whose temerity prompts them
to 80 unequal a task will discover how
hot and scorching is the wrath Of an in
censed and indignant people. and how
easily a reused and infuriated lion can
shake the crawling reptiles from his
name The exigeney Is upon us- The
encounter invites Us. Like the iion-hear-
ted R.chari-let Us make our battlefield
wherever We find foe The blast of
war is blowing in our ears Ii l. time 70
initiate the action of the tiger Stiffen
the sinews- summon up the blood set
hard the teeth and bend up every spirit
to its full height and forward upon the
enemy until your Standards foat over a
vanuuished foe, and victory perches upon
your helmets, for Protected Ballots, Pro
tected Industries and Protected Homes
Ny daughter and myself, great suffer-
ers from catarrh, were cured by Ely's
Cream Balm. Ny sense Of smell Is re
.s,rai-C NJ stanley. Shoe Dealer lth-